niger gra, grum, adj. with (poet.) comp. nigrior and sup. nigerrimus
1 NEC-,
black, sable, dark, dusky
: quae alba sint, quae nigra, dicere: hederae,
V.: Silvae,
gloomy
, H.: lucus, O.: caelum pice nigrius, O.: nigerrimus Auster,
gloomy
, V.: nigros efferre maritos, i. e.
kill by poison
, Iu.—With acc: (avis)
nigra pedes, O.—Prov.: Candida de nigris facere,
O.: nigrum in candida vertere,
make black white
, Iu.—Fig.,
gloomy, unlucky, ill-omened
: hun<*>ine solem Tam nigrum surrexe
mihi? H.: ignes, i. e.
funeral
, H.: hora,
of death
, Tb.—
Black, bad, wicked
: nec minus niger, quam Phormio,
a blackleg
: delectatus sale nigro,
malicious
, H.
